Oakdale Police Blotter: Police Get Two Calls About Kids With Weapons

Kids playing with weapons got the attention of Oakdale police on two occasions Friday.

Police were called to the 2300 block of Helena Avenue around 4 p.m. Friday on a report that a 3-year-old was shot with an airsoft gun, according to an Oakdale Police Department report. The 3-year-old had been banging on the neighbor’s fence, and the 9-year-old neighbor admitted to shooting him, leaving red marks, the report says.

Police booked the airsoft gun into property and the 9-year-old was advised of the city’s ordinance, the report says, which states airsoft guns can’t be discharged in a way that could cause injury to someone.

A little while later, around 4:30 p.m., police were called to the 7500 block of 31^st Street about an 11-year-old boy in camouflage wearing a helmet and walking around with a machete on his belt, a police report says. The boy told police he was playing war, according to the report. Police advised him not to play with a real machete.

 Following are other incidents that were reported May 6-7:

May 6:

• A resident in the 3800 block of Granada Way reported that around 9:45 p.m. an unknown group of juveniles attacked a 15-year-old boy while he was at the place visiting the complainant’s children. The boy’s family said they didn’t want to make a report and the involved parties became uncooperative. The boy reported no injuries.
• Police responded to the 3700 block of Gershwin Lane for a dispute between neighbors over a common driveway. A complainant reported that her neighbor started an argument with her because her adult children were parked on the driveway. The neighbor said the place where they were parked was a turn-around only, not a parking space. Police advised the parties to be civil with one another and contact their association regarding driveway issues.
• A Virginia, MN, woman reported that a man sold her an ’06 Chevy Cobalt in the 6800 block of 8^th Street Lane in Oakdale. It was a salvaged vehicle, but the man stated it had been inspected. She said she later found out the vehicle was never inspected and that the man had simply crossed out the previous owner’s information and forged her information on the title in order to sell the vehicle. She now is unable to renew the tabs or sell the vehicle. Police are investigating the report.
• An 85-year-old resident reported that a man called her saying he was her grandson and that he was in a Mexican jail with a broken nose and needed $4,000. The woman asked the caller for his middle name and he couldn’t give it. The complainant did not lose any money.

 May 7:

• A resident in the 7600 block of 18^th Street reported that his truck was dented while parked in the driveway overnight causing $250 worth of damage.

The above items are taken from the . In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation, and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Incidents are listed in the order in which they were reported, not necessarily the order in which they occurred.